SoftBank Group Corp's 9984.T board of directors is having doubts about the merger it has been negotiating between its USA wireless subsidiary Sprint Corp S.N and T-Mobile US Inc TMUS.O , due to fears of losing control of a combined entity, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday.

The German parent had insisted on a controlling stake, according to a source familiar with the situation.

We've reached out to SoftBank, Sprint and T-Mobile for comment. "But SoftBank's board discussed at a meeting Friday that the company would not give up control".

Both Sprint and T-Mobile skipped out of earnings calls last week, reportedly to avoid talking about the merger.

A few weeks later, T-Mobile CEO John Legere said he was open to "various forms of consolidation" when asked about a potential merger with Sprint and SoftBank under the Trump administration.

Apart from offering free Netflix streaming to subscribers (as T-Mobile has done), the two second-tier telcos have not made their presence felt in streaming video. Meanwhile, it appears the merger of America's third- and fourth-largest carriers remains in limbo.

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